Good Friday Speaks of Redemption

Why do we call Good Friday good?

by Jackie Smallbones and Jack Cherry

Jackie's Answer: Honestly, I'd never given this a thought, so the question got me thinking. I admit "good" is and odd designation for this day. Good Friday is a day of sorrow, as we remember the excruciating suffering of our Lord...

Jack's Answer: I tried to put an answer into my words several times, and each time realized that anything I offered would be a poor attempt to echo the best words I ever read on this question. So let me yield to my teacher and pastor, the late Dr. Howard Hageman, and these excerpts from the first chapter of his 1961 Lenten sermon collection, "We Call This Friday Good"...

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